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The Advent Project: The Later Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper

In his final accomplishment of an extraordinarily distinguished career, James W. McKinnon considers the musical practices of the early Church in this incisive examination of the history of Christian chant from the years a.d. 200 to 800. The result is an important book that is certain to have a long-lasting impact on musicology, religious studies, and history.

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Seite 24 - And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things.

Seite 29 - And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord...

Seite 31 - And countless levites [played] on harps, lyres, cymbals and trumpets and instruments of music, on the fifteen steps leading down from the Court of the Israelites to the Court of the Women, corresponding to the Fifteen Songs of Ascents in the Psalms;2 upon them the levites used to stand with instruments of music and make melody.

Seite 31 - Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of our religion: He/ was manifested in the flesh, vindicated" in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

Über den Autor (2000)

Prior to his death in February 1999, James W. McKinnon was Richard H. Fogel Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He authored numerous books and articles on medieval music, including The Early Christian Period and The Latin Middle Ages (1998).

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The Advent Project: The Later Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper